noun
definition
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
definition
A place likened to a slaughterhouse.
Examples of abattoir in a Sentence
A small local abattoir is used to reduce travel time.
In other words no one who has ever asked to visit the abattoir has ever been turned down.
To this end, the nearest appropriate approved abattoir is to be used.
This included the abattoir operated by Orkney Meat, Orkney Auction Mart and the new Orkney Cheese creamery.
There are also a municipal abattoir, two privately owned cattle markets, a corn exchange and a " hide and skin market.
True, they can now sell cattle of a certain age, slaughtered at a specific abattoir, to some European countries.
John, West Midlands Currently working in a pig abattoir.
Up to 20% of salmonella-free pigs are infected during transport and at the abattoir lairage from contaminated excreta (57 ).
Apart from abattoir workers, this is the main potential loophole.
It is believed that AgriProcessors is the only kosher abattoir in the US that still uses these pens.
We are now using the last remaining medium-sized abattoir in Worcestershire.